'Two kinds of adventurers'

 “There are two kinds of adventurers: those who go truly hoping to find adventure and those who go secretly hoping they won't.” – William Least Heat-Moon

 

Born William Lewis Trogdon in Kansas City, MO on Aug. 27, 1939 Least Heat-Moon is a writer and historian of European and Osage ancestry and the author of a dozen books – many chronicling his unusual journeys around the United States – including the mega-bestsellers River Horse and Blue Highways.

 

A graduate of the University of Missouri's Journalism School, Least Heat-Moon's works have been labeled “literary naturalism” with the ecosystem serving as a foundation. 

 

Also a Travel and Travelogue writer, he often illustrates the hybrid relationship between humans and the environment and how each entity influences the other, presenting critiques of how societal progress can negatively affect the ecosystem. 

 

“Often,” Least Heat-Moon said about his stories, “I did learn what I didn't know I wanted to know.”